Psalms 27

1 By David. Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah [is] the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

By David. The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

3 Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I [am] confident.

Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

4 One [thing] I asked of Jehovah — it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to enquire in his temple.

5 For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

6 And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies — my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

7 Hear, O Jehovah, my voice — I call, And favour me, and answer me.

Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.

8 To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, LORD.”

9 Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

10 When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

11 Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

Teach me your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

12 Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

13 I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

14 Look unto Jehovah — be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.